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Kigali

Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda, located in the centre of the country. The city serves as Rwanda's political, economic and cultural hub, with a population of over one-million people in the metropolitan area. Kigali has emerged as a major technology and business centre in East Africa, attracting significant investment in telecommunications, fintech and digital infrastructure. The city is known for its clean streets, modern urban planning and business-friendly regulatory environment, which have made it an attractive destination for regional and international companies. Kigali hosts the headquarters of numerous government institutions, multinational corporations and technology startups, contributing to Rwanda's ambition to become a regional ICT hub. The city's strategic location in the heart of East Africa positions it as a gateway for trade and connectivity across the region. Major infrastructure developments include the expansion of fibre-optic networks and data centres that support the growing telecommunications sector. Kigali was rebuilt and modernised following the 1994 genocide, with significant emphasis placed on economic development, technology adoption and urban transformation. The city continues to play a central role in Rwanda's Vision 2050 development strategy, which aims to transform the country into a knowledge-based economy.

Kigali Updates


CMAS 2026 programme launched as Africa’s carbon markets move from readiness to delivery
CMAS 2026 programme launched as Africa’s carbon markets move from readiness to delivery
12th June 2026

Africa is emerging as an exciting destination to develop carbon market projects with improved policy certainty and more and more projects becoming investment-ready. As global carbon markets... 


Britain’s costly Rwanda misadventure
12th June 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

In the annals of public procurement, few projects rival one that cost £290-million, resulted in the relocation of just four unwanted immigrants to a faraway country and survived three Prime... 


Image of Canninah Dladla
Revealing Africa’s great potential
2nd June 2026

By Canninah Dladla, Cluster President for SSA at Schneider Electric The well-known Richard Mullin quote: The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa, for he has so much to look... 


IFC principal country officer for South Africa Amina El Zayat and IFC regional director for Southern Africa Claudia Conceicão
Forum to highlight how mobilising private capital at scale can create jobs, unlock sustainable growth
28th April 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Ahead of the Africa CEO Forum co-hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Jeaune Afrique Media Groupe, to be held on May 14 and 15 in Kigali, Rwanda, the IFC has emphasised the... 


The JSE offices in Sandton
South Africa plans exchange control revamp to attract billions in investment
28th April 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa has proposed a sweeping overhaul of its decades-old rules governing money flows, including tightening its control on crypto assets, seeking to bolster its position as a financial hub... 


Operation Phumelela Welcomes Landmark Budget Reforms to Restore South Africa's Financial Centre Competitiveness
26th February 2026

National Treasury announces Synthetic Financial Centre and capital markets reforms to bring financial activity back onshore Operation Phumelela welcomes today's Budget announcement of a Synthetic... 


Britain’s Rwanda reckoning
20th February 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Regular readers of this column will recall the now scrapped and always controversial 2022 scheme under which the UK proposed to dispatch would-be asylum seekers arriving in small boats from France... 


Aterian agrees to funding partnership
9th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Aterian – the Africa-focused critical metals exploration and development company – announced that it has agreed heads of terms for a transformational strategic commercial and funding... 


New East Africa fibre highway linking Goma to Mombasa goes live
9th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group on Monday switched on its new 2 000 km fibre route in East Africa, connecting Mombasa, on Kenya’s coast, to Goma in the... 


Bill Gates
Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50-million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called Horizon1000,... 


Launch event of MTN Zambia’s 4G Cloud Smartphone solution in Lusaka.
MTN Zambia launches the world’s first 4G cloud smartphone solution, advancing digital inclusion
17th December 2025

MTN Zambia launched the world’s first 4G Cloud Smartphone solution, marking a major step forward in addressing digital inclusion challenges across the country. The new service integrates affordable... 


A letter from 2025 to Africa in 2030
12th December 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Dear Africa in 2030, I write to you from the tail end of 2025, a year marked by restlessness – from Gen Z protests to fraught elections and a coup in Guinea-Bissau only days before the time of... 


An image of International Finance Corporation Africa VP Ethiopis Tafara delivering the keynote address at the B20 Summit
B20 calls for cooperation to create sustainable jobs in Africa
19th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Creating jobs and promoting shared prosperity requires cooperation and, by mobilising all resources and acting collectively, the challenge of low employment can be turned into opportunity,... 


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